#peak

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a trade unionist. ↗

— Martin Niemoller

#came #did #i #out #speak

The decision for me was whether to have "The Father" be a book that told a story - from the point of view of this speaker, the daughter - without, as in the earlier books, then having a section on something else and a section on something else. ↗

— Sharon Olds

#books #daughter #decision #earlier #else

A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that 'individuality' is the key to success. ↗

— Robert Orben

#caps #ceremony #commencement #dressed #event

When I was speaking about communicating, I meant that the listener - we have to reach the listener; otherwise, of course, you're writing the piece, as I say, only for the satisfaction of seeing it on the paper for yourself, and then it ends right there. ↗

— Leo Ornstein

#communicating #course #ends #i #listener

I sit on the Drug Policy Subcommittee of the United States Congress. I'm on the speaker's task force. This is something people would rather turn away from and not face, but in fact it is possibly the greatest threat we face. ↗

— Doug Ose

#congress #face #fact #force #greatest

England is very interested as well, and other countries if I could speak the languages! ↗

— Miranda Otto

#countries #england #i #if i could #interested

All objects, all phases of culture are alive. They have voices. They speak of their history and interrelatedness. And they are all talking at once! ↗

— Camille Paglia

#culture #history #objects #once #phases

For a season, a gifted speaker can inspire with his words, but for a lifetime John McCain has inspired with his deeds. ↗

— Sarah Palin

#gifted #his #inspire #inspired #john

I can't speak for anyone else, but in my case, I sort of fell into acting. ↗

— Teresa Palmer

#anyone #case #else #fell #i

The man who can speak acceptably is usually given credit for an ability out of all proportion to what he really possesses. ↗

— Lowell Thomas

#credit #given #man #out #possesses